Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Performing Arts Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of
the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC
Regents do not hold the copyright.

Eugene Robert Stone was born October 14, 1905 in Quincy, IL and graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles in
1933. In the 1930s, he was supervisor for the W.P.A. Federal Theater Project of LA. His credits include the musical
Two-A-Day, radio programs such as
The Great Gildersleeve, and television shows including
General Electric Theater. Stone served in the Army during World War II and was awarded the Bronze star. In the 1950s, he was subpoenaed by the House
Unamerican Activities Committee and blacklisted as a Hollywood writer (1952). He resumed his writing career in the 1970s with
the play
Why Not Stay for Breakfast and the book
Darling I Am Growing Old. Gene Stone passed away on April 26, 1997 in Santa Monica, California.

Scope and Content

Collection consists of scripts and ephemera related to the career of writer Gene Stone. Includes projects such as radio scripts
for
The Great Gildersleeve and various plays. Also includes redacted photocopies of FBI files concerning Stone (1940s-1960s).

Organization and Arrangement

There is no specific arrangement to the collection; photocopies of FBI files concerning Stone are listed first. All other
files are arranged alpabetically by title.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.